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Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 03
Together with AA Publishing, Charlie Waite, one of today's most respected landscape photographers, has created a prestigious competition for landscape photography. Britain's heritage is celebrated by people around the world and entries are welcome from everyone, whether resident in the UK or simply visiting, as long as the image is from the British Isles. This book showcases the best pictures from amateur and professional photographers alike, from the third annual competition.
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224 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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Charlie Waite
63 books7 followersCharlie Waite is firmly established as one of the world’s leading Landscape photographers. His photographic style is often considered to be unique, in that his photographs convey an almost spiritual quality of serenity and calm. Charlie's photographs are held in private and corporate collections throughout the world, and he has held numerous solo exhibitions at prestigious venues in the UK, Japan and the USA.
With over 30 books to his name, Charlie's images are recognised around the world. Charlie was recently featured in Amateur Photographer Magazine's series Icons of Modern Photography, and his images have received wide critical acclaim over many years. A recent article in Royal West of England Academy Art Magazine featuring Charlie's work commented “Waite’s landscapes are rare perfections of light, colour and composition, and offer the viewer a luxuriant portrait of a planet at peace”.
In 2000 Charlie was awarded the prestigious honorary fellowship to the British Institute of Professional Photographers and in early 2007 was presented with Amateur Photography’s Power of Photography Award, which is given to a photographer whose work is deemed to effectively demonstrate the powerful and memorable images of which photography is capable. Also a sought after writer, public speaker and television presenter, Charlie has featured in numerous photographic and broadsheet publications, DVDs and television programmes on photography.
- from his website
With over 30 books to his name, Charlie's images are recognised around the world. Charlie was recently featured in Amateur Photographer Magazine's series Icons of Modern Photography, and his images have received wide critical acclaim over many years. A recent article in Royal West of England Academy Art Magazine featuring Charlie's work commented “Waite’s landscapes are rare perfections of light, colour and composition, and offer the viewer a luxuriant portrait of a planet at peace”.
In 2000 Charlie was awarded the prestigious honorary fellowship to the British Institute of Professional Photographers and in early 2007 was presented with Amateur Photography’s Power of Photography Award, which is given to a photographer whose work is deemed to effectively demonstrate the powerful and memorable images of which photography is capable. Also a sought after writer, public speaker and television presenter, Charlie has featured in numerous photographic and broadsheet publications, DVDs and television programmes on photography.
- from his website
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April 11, 2015
I have been collecting the Wildlife Photographer of the Year albums assiduously almost from their first year, being a wildlife and landscape hobbyist and small-scale BBC Picture Library contributor myself. I was, therefore, gratified to find that Charlie Waite, a regular on the pages of British photography magazines, had organised a similar compilation for Landscape photographers. It is safe to say that I am not disappointed with the result.
The quality of the pictures is almost uniformly stunning. The quality of the print, paper and binding is solid. The pictures, apart from the cover, the winner and a couple of introductory slots, are organised into straightforward competition categories. The landscapes, all British, are quite sublime. The winner is of a landscape featured twice in the book, the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, and it is a dazzling panorama of one of the most striking natural formations I have seen. To my eye, it looks like an HDR - the kind of landscape quite within reach of today's digital camera owner without exorbitant panoramic cameras.
If you are not familiar with the British landscape you should consider acquiring this book. (Well, if you are in addition interested in the British landscape.) The scale and grandeur are not what a US resident might be used to, but the variety and exquisite beauty are in a class of their own. A Kiwi friend of mine travelling through Wales was once told that the mountains were to his left and he answered, "What, are they behind the hills?" Britain is smaller. It is a deformity with which we have learned to live, and compensated for by sheer variety and intimacy.
These photographers do our island all justice. There are a fair proportion of monochrome shots - also easier for us to dabble in with digital technology - and these still grip and communicate atmosphere in a quite different way, all these years after the daguerreotype. One photo is simply of a group of trees in the mist - a very British theme - and yet it whispers to me of home and I grow nostalgic.
If I have one quibble, it is that the urban landscapes cross the line into people photography. Not that I wish to denigrate mere, shuffling, huddled people by comparison with the majesty of the, er, hills. Still, this is a book of landscape photography and a child flying through the air seems to me to belong in another competition. Hurling, perhaps. Having said that, urban photography has tended to be neglected by nature photographers and this is a shame, as so much of our nature is urban these days. (Such as the peregrines nesting on the Tate Modern, or the whale that wandered up the Thames a years or so ago.) This book redresses that neglect somewhat.
I was delighted to find that a phone-camera section has been included. I carry a Nikon welded to my face like any normal person, but it strikes me very strongly that we live in a photographic age like none before when it is almost impossible to get a phone without a built-in camera. The art and science of photography are not merely behind the lens but between the ears, and it is a clever recognition on the part of the organisers to see the worth in camera photographs. It speaks of a team not loath to think a little different. And that suggests that this series will continue to deliver the stunning goods seen here.
The quality of the pictures is almost uniformly stunning. The quality of the print, paper and binding is solid. The pictures, apart from the cover, the winner and a couple of introductory slots, are organised into straightforward competition categories. The landscapes, all British, are quite sublime. The winner is of a landscape featured twice in the book, the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, and it is a dazzling panorama of one of the most striking natural formations I have seen. To my eye, it looks like an HDR - the kind of landscape quite within reach of today's digital camera owner without exorbitant panoramic cameras.
If you are not familiar with the British landscape you should consider acquiring this book. (Well, if you are in addition interested in the British landscape.) The scale and grandeur are not what a US resident might be used to, but the variety and exquisite beauty are in a class of their own. A Kiwi friend of mine travelling through Wales was once told that the mountains were to his left and he answered, "What, are they behind the hills?" Britain is smaller. It is a deformity with which we have learned to live, and compensated for by sheer variety and intimacy.
These photographers do our island all justice. There are a fair proportion of monochrome shots - also easier for us to dabble in with digital technology - and these still grip and communicate atmosphere in a quite different way, all these years after the daguerreotype. One photo is simply of a group of trees in the mist - a very British theme - and yet it whispers to me of home and I grow nostalgic.
If I have one quibble, it is that the urban landscapes cross the line into people photography. Not that I wish to denigrate mere, shuffling, huddled people by comparison with the majesty of the, er, hills. Still, this is a book of landscape photography and a child flying through the air seems to me to belong in another competition. Hurling, perhaps. Having said that, urban photography has tended to be neglected by nature photographers and this is a shame, as so much of our nature is urban these days. (Such as the peregrines nesting on the Tate Modern, or the whale that wandered up the Thames a years or so ago.) This book redresses that neglect somewhat.
I was delighted to find that a phone-camera section has been included. I carry a Nikon welded to my face like any normal person, but it strikes me very strongly that we live in a photographic age like none before when it is almost impossible to get a phone without a built-in camera. The art and science of photography are not merely behind the lens but between the ears, and it is a clever recognition on the part of the organisers to see the worth in camera photographs. It speaks of a team not loath to think a little different. And that suggests that this series will continue to deliver the stunning goods seen here.
May 4, 2015
With any group of objects - be it songs, short stories, or landscape photographs - you can expect a mixed bag. This, collection three of currently eight "Landscape Photographer of the Year" competition volumes, is no exception. I found that many of the straightforward natural landscapes were, while technically admirable, to be a bit sterile. Not so the landscapes with an urban element which I found to be often very striking. Your mileage may vary of course. Of interest almost without exception is each photographer's description of their image and it's creation. Amazing how many photographers are out there in the most horrible weather.
September 2, 2016
A coffee table book that you won't be able to put down. The quality of the photography is outstanding, and some of the shots take my breath away. Most of all, I love that all of the photos were taken in the British Isles! It's given me a new appreciation for how beautiful and varied this country is.
January 31, 2010
Breathtaking photographs! Beautiful!
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